Prof. Dr. Marie Louise Bech Nosch

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAncient History,Greek and Latin Philology
KeywordsAncient Textiles, Ancient Economy, Experimental Archaeology

Current contact address

CountryDenmark
CityKoebenhavn S
InstitutionUniversity of Copenhagen
InstituteSAXO Institute

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Beate Wagner-HaselHistorisches Seminar, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2013

Programme(s)

2012Anneliese Maier Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Marie-Louise B. Nosch is an international authority in the Bronze Age Aegean Linear B script and a leading expert in textile research. She has presented pioneering works on the textile industry in the Mycenaean period. In addition to her research professorship at the University of Copenhagen, she is also Director of the associated Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research, which has developed into a leading international institution in this field since its establishment in 2005. At the centre, she conducts experimental and pluri-disciplinary research on ancient spinning and weaving techniques in collaboration with her team. Her innovative approach to research combines methods from the fields of science and humanities, crafts and conservation studies. Professor Marie-Louise B. Nosch is hosted by Professor Dr. Beate Wagner-Hasel, Leibniz University Hannover.

Publications (partial selection)

2012Marie Louise Bech Nosch: Den mykenske tekstilproduktion i paladsøkonomien 1400-1200 f.v.t.. In: Sfinx, 2012, 9-12
2012Christian Bergfjord, Ulla Mannering, Karin M. Frei, Margarita Gleba, Anne. B. Scharff, Irene Skals, Jan Heinemeier, Marie Louise Bech Nosch, Bodil Holst: Nettle as a distinct Bronze Age textile plant . In: Scientific Reports , 2012, 664
2012Catherine Breniquet, Margareta Tengberg, Eva Andersson Strand Marie Louise Bech Nosch (eds): Préhistoire des Textiles au Proche-Orient/ Prehistory of Textiles in the Near East. Paléorient 38.1-2 – 2012 Pluridisciplinaire Review of Prehistory and Protohistory of Southwestern and Central Asia.. CNRS edition, 2012
2012Richard Firth, Marie Louise Bech Nosch: Spinning and Weaving Wool in Ur III Administrative Texts. In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies , 2012, 67-84
2011Marie Louise Bech Nosch: Methodological considerations regarding the parameters for the classification of the Knossos Od Tablets. In: Pasiphae, 2011, 29-37
2011Marie Louise Bech Nosch: The Mycenaean administration of textile production in the palace of Knossos: observations on the Lc(1) textile targets . In: American Journal of Archaeology , 2011, 495-505
2011Marie Louise Bech Nosch (ed): Wearing the Cloak: Dressing the Soldier in Roman Times, Ancient Textiles Series 10 . Oxbow, 2011